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LiberalLoner

(11,454 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 11:10 AM Nov 2013

I didn't mean to stir up the gender wars. [View all]

I've been badly hurt by some things that have happened to me. I don't see all men as harmful. I'm happily married. But because I have gone through some stuff, I'm hyper alert to the possibility of danger from men and when I post, sometimes the venom and despair rooted in what I've experienced comes out.

I'm sorry for that, and sorry for any sh*t I've stirred without meaning to.

I would imagine some of you have been hurt too, and maybe you get angry sometimes at what was done to you.

I know I'm not welcome on DU. Just thought I owed some people an apology before I go is all.

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As far as I've seen you've always been a substantive poster to this group Major Nikon Nov 2013 #1
+1 nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #12
You know what... Bonobo Nov 2013 #2
Your 1st paragraph is why I always enjoy your posts Inkfreak Nov 2013 #4
Thanks, Inkfreak. Bonobo Nov 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #10
That's not going to happen. Look at meta. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #15
Hi, LL Wait Wut Nov 2013 #3
Thank you all so much for being so gracious. LiberalLoner Nov 2013 #5
The people who, to my mind, are genuinely not welcome on DU would never say such a thing. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #6
I hope you stay. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #7
Your post should not have been hidden... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #8
Coming soon, the next point of contention in the not-gender wars Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #9
"If sex is a weapon, who's winning this war?" Bonobo Nov 2013 #13
That is fucking AWESOME. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #16
I think of it more like hockey. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #14
Apparently the phrase gender war IS itself problematic, so from here on out I will instead Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #17
One of my favorite movies. and a great writer. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #18
"math, math, math, math, math..." /lilting melody opiate69 Nov 2013 #19
I can say "Ned Shneebly" all day long. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #20
I so was expecting to hate that movie... opiate69 Nov 2013 #21
It was Richard Linklater, wasn't it? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #22
Ah.. That would help explain it then... opiate69 Nov 2013 #23
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